How would Magnus play this London system in order to obtain an advantage? The black bishop is pretty active outside the chain. Maybe rook lift with Re1-e3-g3? Please help me out :) #NepoDing
Initially, I couldn't get a grasp on the engine's evaluation that White is better. The pawns are immobile (doubled) and Black follows with g7-g5-g4.. till I saw the next brilliant engine's line: 13.Rd1 g5 14.c5!!, dxc5 15.e5, reacting in the center on Black's g5 #NepoDing
Initially, I couldn't get a grasp on the engine's evaluation that White is better. The pawns are immobile (doubled) and Black follows with g7-g5-g4.. till I saw the next brilliant engine's line: 13.Rd1 g5 14.c5!!, dxc5 15.e5, reacting in the center on Black's g5 #NepoDing
#NepoDing The current position bears some resemblance to the 'Meran-variation' (or 'baby' from Anand's second Kasim) from the Wch match between Kramnik and Anand in Bonn, 2008 game 3 &5 (0-1). I like the engine's suggestion of f6&e5 opening all the files. @MichielAbeln
#NepoDing Understandably, Ding doesn't wait for his fate to be sealed. But does this action, i.e. throwing the pawns all forward with his knight still at d8, work?
More endings in the (Delayed) Spanish Exhange in my @chessable course:
https://t.co/YAxwSPVOVR
#NepoDing Nepo is waiting for the best moment to throw in f4-f5 to make his pawn majority count. By doubling on the d-file, he avoids counterplay on d4 (c5, Nd4).
Please also see @chessable Lasker-Capablanca, to understand this type of positions
https://t.co/YAxwSPVOVR
#NepoDing Ding trying to make the best out of his pawn majority on the queenside. For some inspiration in this Exchange Spanish from Black's perspective, please see the the best game ever: Naiditsch-Svidler in the exhange Spanish, analysed @chessable in https://t.co/OXlQurdObw
The World Ch between #NepoDing kicked off with the (Delayed) Spanish Exchange Variation! As can be seen in my @Chessable course about this line, these type of pawn structures highly favor White, giving Nepo excellent winning chances in the upcoming ending!
https://t.co/OXlQurdObw